NEW YORK — U.S. stocks finished little changed Friday — but with the Dow Jones industrial average halting a four-week losing streak as Wall Street’s attention shifted from developments related to Syria to the impact of the jobs report on U.S. monetary policy.

Halting its longest winning streak since the middle of July, the Dow ended the session off 14.98 points, or 0.1 percent, at 14,922.50. That was 0.8 percent higher than last Friday’s close.

“We’ve got Syria, the G-20, so we’ve got a lot going on. I think you saw money go off the table ahead of the jobs report,” said Chris Gaffney, senior investment strategist at EverBank Wealth Management.

Reports indicating intensified rhetoric between Russia and the United States on Syria’s use of chemical gas sent stocks skidding in early trade.

Stock losses were gradually erased as President Barack Obama reiterated that the U.S. response would be “limited and proportional” to the attack in suburban Damascus last month that killed more than 1,400, including at least 400 children. Obama spoke from St. Petersburg, where he attended the G-20 summit.

“The market is getting more comfortable with Syria,” given the political assurances that any strike will be strategic with no American forces on the ground, Gaffney said. He added: “We could see a spike in oil prices and gold heading up on worries there, and a sell-off in emerging markets and people going into Treasuries.”

Tallying a weekly gain of 1.4 percent, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index held steady at 1,655.17. The Nasdaq composite climbed 1.23 points to 3,660.01, leaving it 2 percent ahead for the week.

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